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Our History
A history of the towns of the Upper Lachlan area.
A Snapshot of Crookwell's History - Published: 20 Jul 2005
Surveyor Meehan camped at Grabben Gullen (about 10 kms from Crookwell), in April, 1820 and noted that the morning was "very fine, with a light frost", but Crookwell was not officially named until a report of Surveyor Armstrong after he surveyed its site on August 13, 1860. He stated: "It would be appropriate to call it Crookwell". more ..
A Snapshot of Taralga's History - Published: 20 Jul 2005
The first known visit by white men to the Taralga district was an expedition led by Charles Throsby in 1819 when he passed Burra Burra Lake on his way to Campbell's River from the Cowpastures. The following year John Oxley and the Commissioner John Thomas Bigge came by the same route from Bathurst travelling to Lake Bathurst. By this time Hannibal Macarthur had a large property at Arthursleigh, across the Cookbundoon River east of Taralga, his cousin James Macarthur, came from there looking for land suitable for a cattle station. James Macarthur was accompanied by Lachlan McAlister and John Hillas, these men became three of the first landholders in the Taralga area. Other early land holders were Thomas Howe, T. H. Moore and Thomas H. Scott, all holding land in 1829. more ..
A Snapshot of Gunning's History - Published: 20 Jul 2005
... and what to look for today. more ..
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